Jeff Han and others built a touch-screen capable of reporting multiple points of contact and associated software to work with it. The screen is capable of responding to one person using both hands to manipulate objects on the screen, and also multiple people working on the screen at once. See the video for a good example of usage possibilities.

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Manuel Lima built a collection of nearly 300 complex networks and the way that each has been mapped to best visually represent the information in the clearest ways. These networks are in many fields, from art to food to computer systems.

The map shown here represents routing through the Internet.

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